“I’mgonnasay something and youtell me if I’m off base,” she declared.
“Shoot,” he invited.
“I watched that movie, now twice,” she began.“And yourfather…”
He felt his body grow taut.
Murtaghmrr’ed.
Georgie persevered.
“He was…I suspect this is not lost on you…he was revered byyour Club, Dutch.”
“It’s not lost on me,” he grunted.
“That’s a lot to live up to.”
He stilled.
“And then there’s Hound,” she said.
He stared at her.
“Your Club has four pillars that hold it up,” she stated.“Kane ‘Tack’ Allen, the president, the visionary.The man who would stop atnothing to guide them to being the Club it was intended to be.Cole ‘Rush’Allen, his son.The man who would take the reins and lead the Club into thefuture when they were as they were meant to be.Graham Black, the example.Theman who exemplified everything they wanted to become.And Shepherd ‘Hound’Ironside, the dependable.The backbone.The man who would sacrifice whatever hehad to in order to get them there.”
Now Dutch was finding it hard to breathe.
“Two of those men are your fathers.”
“I know,” he pushed out.
“I don’t know, but I assume it’s hard being the son ofeither of those men.Never mind both.”
Good fucking Christ.
“Dutch, do you have any clue how unbelievably amazing youare?”she asked.
Good fucking Christ.
“Georgiana—”
“They made you that, blood and guts, they made you that,Dutch.Andyou let them.You became you, not someone else, because ofthem and becauseof you.”
“Stop talking,” he growled.
“No,” she denied.
Shifting out of cross-legs, she leaned over him to put hercoffee on the nightstand, took his and did the same, and she stayed close.
“They had a war to fight and you grew up under their exampleand you’re searching for your war when they gave everything so you wouldn’thave to do that.”
“I’m not a man who can’tnothave something tostrive toward.”
It came right out of his mouth, what was bugging him, and hedidn’t even know it was that until that moment.
“Okay, you know that isn’t a bad thing.”
“I manage our shop.The auto supply side.The inventory.Ido the books and give them to Rush.I make sure the shelves are stocked.I dothe ordering.”
